Another perspective - I don't see this as much Pavlovian conditioning but more Public Relations...
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for a film mired in negativity. Perhaps the studio is getting behind it's writer/producer that is now the director. He is the only one that has been there and will now seemingly, go back again.

Don't misunderstand - I hope that Guillermo Del Toro will receive his due. He will be credited as a co-writer. It remains to be seen how much of his work will survive and make it's way into the final films. "Question everything, embrace the bad, and hold on to the good."